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jman1234

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To impress her friends, Laura wears an expensive designer dress to a party. A sociologist might say Laura is engaging in ________
 
  a. structural social mobility.
  b. relative deprivation.
  c. reference group behavior.
  d. conspicuous consumption.

Question 2

Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes. In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in terms of ________
 
  a. a multi-dimensional socioeconomic ranking.
  b. three main classes.
  c. everyone gradually sinking into poverty.
  d. society as one large middle class.


kthug

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a


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